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  Speaker 1: Hey, Gator fans. Welcome to A Peek Inside Gator Football.
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  Speaker 1: Allie Peek here. I am excited today. I am joined
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  Speaker 1: by Ike Jones of The War Rapport. We met at
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  Speaker 1: SEC Media Days, and man, we have been waiting for
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  Speaker 1: this week for a while now.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, this is one that has been circled on the calendar.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know how much, well, no, I do know
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  Speaker 2: how much the coaches are looking forward to this if
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  Speaker 2: you listen to their comments this week, but we are definitely,
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  Speaker 2: as fans, media, etc., I've been looking forward to this
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  Speaker 2: one for sure.
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  Speaker 1: I am definitely pumped, guys. This interview is brought to
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  Speaker 1: let's get into it. But I think maybe even before
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  Speaker 1: we get into Florida, you've watched every snap of this
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  Speaker 1: Auburn team. They're 2-0, but How good do you actually
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  Speaker 1: think Auburn is right now?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's hard to say, right? Because there's a
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  Speaker 2: couple of things that are going to prevent you from
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  Speaker 2: having an accurate assessment. You like the fact that they
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  Speaker 2: got a gritty win versus Baylor, but how good is Baylor, right?
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  Speaker 2: So it's like, did you win close against a bad
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  Speaker 2: team or did you win close against a team that's
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  Speaker 2: actually formidable? You don't know the answer to that until
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  Speaker 2: Baylor gets further into their season. And then you go
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  Speaker 2: out and you play well against Southern Miss, but You're
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  Speaker 2: supposed to beat Southern Miss, right? And so though you
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  Speaker 2: find some positives in that game, you have to be
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  Speaker 2: realistic and say that's a game that you should have won,
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  Speaker 2: probably should have won by more points than you ended
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  Speaker 2: up winning. But, you know, I think good is probably
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  Speaker 2: the best I can give them. I don't think great
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  Speaker 2: or championship level, not yet. If they continue to improve,
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  Speaker 2: you can get to a place where you can start
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  Speaker 2: having different kinds of conversations. But this is going to
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  Speaker 2: be the first real test for this team, in my opinion,
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  Speaker 2: this season from a pure athleticism standpoint. Um, this is
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  Speaker 2: going to be the most athletic team on both sides
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  Speaker 2: of the football Auburn scene so far.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you mentioned that Baylor game and you guys
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  Speaker 1: did win 17, 16, and it really did feel like
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  Speaker 1: you had to grind one out. And sometimes that becomes
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  Speaker 1: really valuable later on in the season. And then, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you took care of business against Southern miss 43 to eight.
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  Speaker 1: What game do you think told us more about Auburn?
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  Speaker 2: Uh, I mean, Baylor definitely told me something right. And, um,
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  Speaker 2: and the reason why it says so much is again,
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  Speaker 2: it's not even so much how good or bad Baylor is.
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  Speaker 2: That's a game. I think Auburn lose the last few
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  Speaker 2: seasons in terms of, you know, seven minutes left in
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  Speaker 2: the fourth quarter tie football game. You need a, a score, right?
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  Speaker 2: You have to score something or it's going to overtime
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  Speaker 2: if you don't get it right. Um, And preferably you
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  Speaker 2: need a touchdown, right? Because you don't want to put
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  Speaker 2: yourself in a position where a field goal ties it
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  Speaker 2: or a touchdown loses the game for you. So you
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  Speaker 2: need to go put seven on the board to put
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  Speaker 2: the pressure on the other team. And you go out
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  Speaker 2: there and you do that. That's not something you've seen
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  Speaker 2: from Auburn the last few years, the ability to go
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  Speaker 2: get a game-winning drive in the fourth quarter. And then
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  Speaker 2: to get the stop the way that you did there
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  Speaker 2: on a two-point conversion to just allow yourself to get–
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  Speaker 2: escape essentially with a victory there in that game. Again, that's,
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  Speaker 2: that's something I don't think previous Auburn teams as good
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  Speaker 2: as the defense has been, has been able to close
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  Speaker 2: out in that way. I'd love to see him keep
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  Speaker 2: them out of the end zone, but I do love
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  Speaker 2: the fact that at the end of the day, they said,
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  Speaker 2: we're going to finish this game the right way and
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  Speaker 2: they got to win out of it. And then watching
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  Speaker 2: your quarterback who threw three interceptions, go four on that
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  Speaker 2: drive and get the game winning run there for the touchdown.
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  Speaker 2: It just shows a mental toughness that you want to
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  Speaker 2: have out of that position.
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  Speaker 1: When Alex Golish was hired, everybody knew what the identity
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  Speaker 1: of this offense was going to be, or at least
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  Speaker 1: what he wanted it to be. And you're two games
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  Speaker 1: in now. Do you think it's starting to actually look
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  Speaker 1: like a Golish offense yet?
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't say so. Not yet. The tempo is there.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think the physicality has been there. Again, I
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  Speaker 2: can't take a lot from being able to run in
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  Speaker 2: a dominant fashion versus Southern Miss because you didn't have
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  Speaker 2: that same dominance in the run game versus Baylor. I
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  Speaker 2: do think they're still trying to figure some things out
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  Speaker 2: along that offensive line, which was always going to be
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  Speaker 2: the biggest question mark for this offense. So until I've
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  Speaker 2: seen them against quality competition go out there and be
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  Speaker 2: able to be physically dominant at the point of attack,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think that you're seeing the kind of football
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  Speaker 2: Alex Golish wants to put out there on a weekly basis.
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  Speaker 1: I do think it's worth noting, though, that Auburn has
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  Speaker 1: already posted consecutive 300-yard rushing games for the first time
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  Speaker 1: since 2021. That's got to make you happy, though.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, absolutely. You love the fact that You know,
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  Speaker 2: they the offense, you know, a lot of people have
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  Speaker 2: had criticisms of the offense, I think, fairly. But if
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  Speaker 2: you look at holistically, right, like Byron Brown didn't have
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  Speaker 2: a great game through the three interceptions, but he still
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  Speaker 2: threw at 71 percent clip versus Baylor. He still threw
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  Speaker 2: for over 200 yards in both of those first two games.
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  Speaker 2: So you're talking about 500 yards in offense consistently through
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  Speaker 2: two games with one of those being a powerful opponent.
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  Speaker 2: if you limit the mistakes, which that's been the, the,
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  Speaker 2: the Achilles heel right now, you had the turnovers in
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  Speaker 2: the first time you have a lot of penalties in
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  Speaker 2: the second game. I think that's the biggest concern for me.
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  Speaker 2: Not so much like clean up stuff. It's gotta be cleaner.
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  Speaker 2: And if it can be cleaner, then you can, you
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  Speaker 2: put yourself in a position where you've got a chance
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  Speaker 2: versus anybody. But you know, that's one of those things
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  Speaker 2: where it's like, is this going to be who you
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  Speaker 2: are as a team? That's just going to make mistakes, right?
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  Speaker 2: You're going to, have a decent rushing attack, but then
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  Speaker 2: you're going to have a holding penalty that brings back
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  Speaker 2: a big, you know what I'm saying? So it's like,
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  Speaker 2: we'll see. But so far, yeah, I am happy with
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  Speaker 2: the production that they've had offensively. Got to clean the
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  Speaker 2: mistakes up though.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk a little bit about Byron Brown. Florida fans
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  Speaker 1: know him all too well. What makes him such a
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  Speaker 1: pain in the neck to defend? Like, is it his arm?
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  Speaker 1: Is it his legs? Or do you think it's maybe
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  Speaker 1: the stress that he creates? Because you really do have
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  Speaker 1: to account for both on every single snap.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's absolutely the stress he creates because if so,
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  Speaker 2: the best way to stop this offense is to be
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  Speaker 2: able to play press coverage on the outside, which usually
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  Speaker 2: means you're going to be in some form of man coverage.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: Which means you don't have guys that are going to
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  Speaker 2: have eyes on him at all times unless you spy. Right.
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  Speaker 2: So you're going to that means you have to devote
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  Speaker 2: either a safety or a linebacker to have eyes on
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  Speaker 2: him at all time. Yeah. Um, if they're going to
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  Speaker 2: get the quick passing game going, your DBs have to
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  Speaker 2: be able to tackle in space. All that sounds really
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  Speaker 2: great until you get into a situation where he gets
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  Speaker 2: into a drop back and you're going to rush for,
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  Speaker 2: because you don't want to blitz them because you don't
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  Speaker 2: have enough guys in the back end. And somebody rushes
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  Speaker 2: up the field too far and he takes off running
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  Speaker 2: and one missed tackle can turn into 60 yards. And
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  Speaker 2: it's not even like that. He's like blazing fast. He's
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  Speaker 2: just a really, like he's a difficult guy to tackle
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  Speaker 2: in open field. And so he puts you in a
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  Speaker 2: position where you have to play a certain brand of
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  Speaker 2: football on a consistent basis, which usually means they're going
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  Speaker 2: to be playing some form of zone on the back end.
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  Speaker 2: So that means free releases for the receivers. And that
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  Speaker 2: usually means that they're going to have more opportunities in
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  Speaker 2: the box to be able to run. And again, with
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  Speaker 2: that run, you have to account for him. So you
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  Speaker 2: have to play plus one in the box almost exclusively
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  Speaker 2: against Because if you play too high safety, then you're dead.
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  Speaker 2: Unless you've got an amazing front seven. Like if your
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  Speaker 2: front seven can just handle it, you're fine. But if
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  Speaker 2: you've got to devote a safety down the box or
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  Speaker 2: you've got to play plus one in some other kind
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  Speaker 2: of way, he puts a lot of stress on your defense.
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  Speaker 1: And I feel like Florida fans would probably tell you
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  Speaker 1: TBD on what kind of front seven we have. John
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  Speaker 1: Summerall talked a lot about Golish's offense this week, and
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  Speaker 1: he made some interesting points. He talked about everybody getting
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  Speaker 1: caught up looking at the wide receiver splits. and the
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  Speaker 1: shots downfield, but that it really is the run game
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  Speaker 1: that's going to kill you. So is that accurate, do
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  Speaker 1: you think?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, this is a run first team. It's a
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  Speaker 2: team that if they can't run the football, which is
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  Speaker 2: why they struggled a little bit versus Baylor, they weren't
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  Speaker 2: able to early in that game. Second half did a
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  Speaker 2: lot better early in that game, able to really exert
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  Speaker 2: themselves as a run force. And they got to get
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  Speaker 2: in a position where they're doing that more consistently. But
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  Speaker 2: stopping the run is what you have to do versus
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  Speaker 2: Alex Goldish. If you can't stop the run, it's going
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  Speaker 2: to be a long day because that means, again, you've
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  Speaker 2: got to do something different, right? If the front seven
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  Speaker 2: can't handle it, we got to drop a safety down.
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  Speaker 2: Now that changes what we're doing on the back end.
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  Speaker 2: They can take more shots over the top and pick
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  Speaker 2: their poison on each side they want to go to.
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  Speaker 2: The screen game becomes more effective because you've got guys
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  Speaker 2: that are trying to rush upfield to try to get
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  Speaker 2: there for the run. It means that less guys are
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  Speaker 2: back there to be able to tackle against the screen
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  Speaker 2: that can go off. So, you have to be able
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  Speaker 2: to stop the run versus this team.
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  Speaker 1: So if you are Brad White, how do you defend
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  Speaker 1: Byron Brown? Like you talked about spying him. So, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you do that. Are you, you know, is being too
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  Speaker 1: aggressive actually kind of play into what Auburn wants to
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  Speaker 1: do here?
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  Speaker 2: I don't think so. I think aggression is what you
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  Speaker 2: have to kind of dictate. Like if you just want
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  Speaker 2: to sit back and, you know, we're going to react,
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  Speaker 2: like you can't be reactive. You've got to decide, And
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  Speaker 2: trust your safeties, your DBs, to make good decisions on
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  Speaker 2: the back end. But you've got to go out and
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  Speaker 2: play a very dictative style of football, whether that is blitzes,
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  Speaker 2: sim pressure, twist stunts up front to try to confuse
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  Speaker 2: what the protection is going to be on drop back situations,
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  Speaker 2: particularly on third and long type of situations. You've got
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  Speaker 2: to be very aggressive versus this defense and decide, no,
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  Speaker 2: we're going to. All right, great. You've got a good arm.
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  Speaker 2: You've got some good receivers. Prove it. Prove they can
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  Speaker 2: get open. prove that you're going to make the right
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  Speaker 2: decision against whatever we're doing in the coverage on the
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  Speaker 2: back end.
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  Speaker 1: Let's flip it around and talk about Florida's offense a
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  Speaker 1: little bit. Jaden Baugh has been outstanding for Florida. Auburn
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  Speaker 1: was excellent against the run last season. Linebacker looks like
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  Speaker 1: it's one of the strengths of your roster, at least
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  Speaker 1: from the outside looking in. If Florida walks into Jordan
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  Speaker 1: Hare and runs the ball successfully, how big of a
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  Speaker 1: problem do you think that creates for Auburn?
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  Speaker 2: It is, you know, I talk about being able to
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  Speaker 2: run the football being Alex Golish's thing. Being able to
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  Speaker 2: stop the run is what DJ Durkin does best. So
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  Speaker 2: if you're going to take away his superpower, that makes
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  Speaker 2: that defense a lot more vulnerable. So they're going to
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  Speaker 2: have a very concerted effort to make it a tough
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  Speaker 2: day for Jaden Baugh. And that's a tall task because
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  Speaker 2: that's a guy who He sees the field really well,
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  Speaker 2: and he's tough to tackle one-on-one in space. And I
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  Speaker 2: know that this team wants to get him going. So
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  Speaker 2: I think that's going to be the chess match of
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  Speaker 2: how do we get Jaden Ball involved in this game,
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  Speaker 2: whether it is handing the football off in a variety
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  Speaker 2: of different ways, getting him involved in the screen game, whatever,
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  Speaker 2: to make sure that he gets going and can impact
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  Speaker 2: that game positively. But Yeah, if he can run the
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  Speaker 2: football effectively, it's going to be a lot.
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  Speaker 1: sent you. Let's talk a little bit about Aaron Philo
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  Speaker 1: as well. He's got a lot to prove. You know,
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  Speaker 1: this is his first SEC road start and, you know,
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  Speaker 1: very little experience starting at Georgia Tech. I can't imagine
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  Speaker 1: that he heard the kind of noise he's going to
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  Speaker 1: hear sitting on the bench at Georgia Tech. Like, this
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  Speaker 1: is going to be an environment that he has not
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  Speaker 1: been in at all. What do you think Auburn is
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  Speaker 1: going to make him try and do? You know, essentially,
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  Speaker 1: young quarterback, beat us in Jordan hair, like, come on,
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  Speaker 1: prove it to us. What, what do you think Auburn's
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  Speaker 1: going to make him do?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's going to be that it's going to be,
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  Speaker 2: we're going to try to take away your, your big
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  Speaker 2: asset in the run game. Now, um, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: think they're going to supplement that with a lot of
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  Speaker 2: the quick passing game. Um, and they're, they're probably going
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  Speaker 2: to let him get a lot of those quick passes
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  Speaker 2: off and just try to rally and tackle, which is,
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  Speaker 2: that is a difficult proposition with the athletes that Florida
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  Speaker 2: has out there in space. But They're just going to
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  Speaker 2: make him be a guy that has to get rid
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  Speaker 2: of the ball quickly and force that offensive line in
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  Speaker 2: particular to block because they're going to bring a lot
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  Speaker 2: of A-gap pressure, a lot of stuff right in his
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  Speaker 2: face to make him try to figure out how to
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  Speaker 2: diagnose quickly, get the ball out of his hands, and
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  Speaker 2: make bad decisions if the opportunity presents itself.
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  Speaker 1: How much of a weapon is Jordan Herr using? itself
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  Speaker 1: in this game. Florida hasn't been in this environment since 2011. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: they've played in other major conference games, but the Plains
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  Speaker 1: is kind of something different. And from the Auburn side,
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  Speaker 1: how much confidence is there that this environment can create
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  Speaker 1: problems for Aaron Filo and Florida's offense?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that is going to be one of
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  Speaker 2: the things that as an Auburn fan, you hope is
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  Speaker 2: a deal, right? Like that the environment itself is going
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  Speaker 2: to be so loud, so chaotic, and it's going to
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  Speaker 2: make communication difficult. It's going to make it hard for
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  Speaker 2: you to get over a mistake, right? Like because the
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  Speaker 2: place is going to feel like it's coming down on
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  Speaker 2: your head the minute that something happens negatively for you
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  Speaker 2: as an offense. And you have to play through that
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  Speaker 2: and figure out how to get onto the next play.
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  Speaker 2: And like you said, he hasn't had an opportunity to
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  Speaker 2: do this, not as a starting quarterback in a big game. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's going to be a super huge thing for him
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  Speaker 2: to just remain composed because the emotions are going to
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  Speaker 2: be there. The adrenaline is going to be going, especially
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  Speaker 2: early in the game. You're going to want to just
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  Speaker 2: shut them up really quickly. And if it goes the
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  Speaker 2: other way early, can you rebound and just find a
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  Speaker 2: way to get your footing again?
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  Speaker 1: Where's Auburn the most vulnerable right now? If I am
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  Speaker 1: a Florida fan looking for the matchup where the Gators
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  Speaker 1: have a clear advantage, where would you tell me to look?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's going to be on the outside. The outside
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  Speaker 2: corners for Auburn, it's not that they're bad, but they're
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  Speaker 2: playing a lot of off-covers. They're not going to be
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  Speaker 2: asked to play a lot of press man, and I
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  Speaker 2: don't think that they're going to try to play a
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  Speaker 2: lot of press versus these Florida receivers, which means they're
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  Speaker 2: going to get a lot of free releases. And so
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  Speaker 2: you've got guys in a VB3 who can in space
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  Speaker 2: be electric, right? And so you have to figure out
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  Speaker 2: how to corral him when he gets the ball in
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  Speaker 2: open space. You got a Dallas Wilson who can, you know,
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  Speaker 2: contest a catch guy. You've got guys that can go
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  Speaker 2: and make plays on the outside. And that's really, I think,
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  Speaker 2: you know, as much as I respect Jaden Ball, I
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  Speaker 2: think the concentration is going to be on him so much.
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  Speaker 2: Those guys on the outside are going to have to
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  Speaker 2: make plays for Florida in order for them to be
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  Speaker 2: able to go out there and get the victories.
• 15:26
  Speaker 1: You know, I couldn't let you off this channel before
• 15:29
  Speaker 1: we discussed a little special teams and you know, they
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: matter a lot in close games. Florida has gotten explosive
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: plays from its punt return unit. Auburn obviously has Alex
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: McPherson who can hit a 55 yarder. If this becomes
• 15:45
  Speaker 1: a field position game, how much confidence do Auburn fans
• 15:49
  Speaker 1: have in their special teams?
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: All right. So I'm, I don't love our punter. I don't.
• 15:57
  Speaker 2: Now he is decent at directional punting.
• 16:01
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: I just don't think that he does a great job
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: with like flipping the field.
• 16:06
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 16:07
  Speaker 2: And so I think they're just going to try to
• 16:09
  Speaker 2: kick it. I don't think they're even going to try
• 16:10
  Speaker 2: to let Florida return. If they can figure out, I
• 16:14
  Speaker 2: think they'll take a 20 yard shank before they take
• 16:18
  Speaker 2: a 40 yard direct punt to them.
• 16:20
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 16:21
  Speaker 2: I just, I think, it's going to be a game
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: of keep away in terms of the punt situation there
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: for Auburn. And kickoffs, you know, they've kicked every kickoff
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: so far has gone out of the back of the
• 16:35
  Speaker 2: end zone.
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: Not even giving them a shot to return it in
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: that regard. But, yeah, the punting is where it's going
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: to be an adventure for me. Is he going to
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: be able to– Hudson Cox, the punter there for Auburn,
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: is he going to be able to do what he
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: needs to do to keep the ball? Because I just
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: don't think you play around with him. Just don't let
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: him– Listen, we're not going to try to see if
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: we can.
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: By the third time Campbell kicked to BB3, I was.
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: Like, what are we doing on the sideline? I watched
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: that game and I was like, are you guys serious?
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: After the first one, I'd have been like, okay, just
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: don't kick it to him no more. He kicked it
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: to him again and I was just like, okay, oh,
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: he's going to return it again. Okay, you kick it
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: to him a third time. I was just like, so
• 17:13
  Speaker 2: y'all just want to lose. All right, that's cool. Yeah,
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: I was.
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: I questioned some decisions there, but Florida's also had some
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: questionable special teams for like the last four years. So
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: I don't know. Maybe I was just so excited that
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: we were finally doing things right. Both of these programs
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: have first-year head coaches trying to prove that their rebuild
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: is ahead of schedule. So, you know, I've been talking
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: a lot about this game being a bellwether game. I
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: think I said that on your program during the summer. Yeah.
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: And it's not that it's the biggest game that either
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: team will play this year necessarily, but I do think
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: it's the best early indicator of where each program is.
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: Is this a bigger week three conference game for Auburn
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: than maybe other seasons? And what do you think beating
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: Florida would mean for Alex Golish in year one?
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's a huge game in terms of
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: the confidence that fans have. I don't think the team
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: is going to be down on themselves if they don't
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: win the game. They're going to realize they've got more
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: opportunities to go out there and get big wins. But
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: I do think from a fan confidence standpoint, it's enormous because,
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: as you said, it's going to indicate who's ahead of schedule. Right.
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: And so whoever wins this game, there is a scenario
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: where both teams look really sloppy in this. And both
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: fan bases walk away saying, all right, we won, but
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: we still got a lot of work to do. But
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: I think that you'll still feel good about the fact
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: that your coach was the one that was able to
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: get the victory in this situation. So, yeah, it's a
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: huge game, mostly, like I said, from the standpoint of
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: the fans and the confidence that they have in their
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: program going forward.
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: So give me the path to victory for Auburn. Like
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: what are the three things that absolutely have to happen
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: for the Tigers to win this game?
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's going to start with, you know, trying to
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: keep Jaden Bob bottled up. And you have to figure out,
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: you know, If they're going to hand it off to
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: him 40 times in the game, okay, great. But you
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: want to try to limit his yards per touch out
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: there as much as possible. So it's going to start
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: there with making Florida have to beat you with Aaron
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: Philo in his arm, which I think he's capable of
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: with the weapons that they have. But it's got to
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: start there. I don't think you win this football game
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: and Jaden Ball goes off. I don't see that happening. Secondarily,
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: I think that you've got to force, you've got to
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: win the turnover battle. Whether you force multiple or just one,
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: you need to win that battle. I think, you know, again,
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: the sloppiness that Auburn has had and the mistakes that
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: they've made in the first two games, they're lucky to
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: get out of that first game losing the turnover battle
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: to Baylor 3-2 in that one. But I think you've
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: got to win the turnover battle in this one, whether
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: that is mistake-free or you just force more mistakes. And
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: then I think the last part that you have to
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: be able to do is be able to throw the football.
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: I know I said it's a run-first team, but I
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: think in this game you've got to have Byron Brown
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: be able to be efficient through the air, And if
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: the mistakes happen, it doesn't need to come off of
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: his arm. He needs to be a guy that is
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: able to go out there and operate. I think he
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: needs to be able to throw for at least, I'm
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: not going to put 200 on him again in this game,
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: but I think 180 is kind of the range where
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: he needs, because I just don't, I don't know that,
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: I think points are going to be a premium in
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: this one.
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: And so he's got to be efficient. He's got to
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: be effective and continue to, you know, you mentioned the
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: field position game, just put some drives together to get
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: it to where, Even if you're not getting scores, you're
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: getting a couple of first downs, you flip the field,
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: and you get closer to a punt putting you close
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: to midfield so you're in field goal range after a
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: couple of first downs.
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: And then turn around for me. If we come back
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: after this game and Florida has won, what probably happened?
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: What is the scenario that Auburn fans are probably the
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: most worried about?
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it is to the credit of Aaron Filo.
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: How does he play in this game? Is he able
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: to be efficient? Is he able to play mistake free?
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: And I think he's going to need to do a
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: little bit with his legs in this game. He's not
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: known as a runner, but he's got enough ability to
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: go out there and pick up some third downs with
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: his leg. I think that they're going to force Philo
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: to be a complete quarterback in this game, whether it's
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: operationally with his arm or being able to go and
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: pick up some stuff with his legs. If he's able
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: to do that, I think that's going to be a
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: big thing. And then on the other side, defensively, Florida
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: has to be better than they've been in these first
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: couple of games on the outside from their defensive back standpoint.
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: Like they've got to be more aggressive and more willing
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: to just say, Hey, you, my guy versus your guy.
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: I think my guy's better. Um, and, and, uh, force
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: Byron Brown into some tougher throws and that they've been
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: getting way too many free access. I think Florida has
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: enough athletes to not get as many free access throws
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: as they're giving. Um, so I think that they're going
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: to have to play better on the outside. All right.
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: It is prediction time. Who's going to win? What's the
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: score going to be? What decides it?
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: This is such a tough one for me to predict.
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: I do think points are going to be in the
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: premium on this one. I'm going to be a homer
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: on it just because I don't want to pick against
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: my guys. I'm going to say it's going to be
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: 28 to 24. Auburn gets the win on this one.
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: 28 to 24.
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: I said points at a premium. I think both of
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: these teams are capable of being explosive offensively. I think
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: if you keep it in the 20s, then that is
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: limiting both of these offenses. So give me 28 to
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: 24 in this one, Auburn. All right.
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: Ike, tell everybody where they can find you on social media.
• 22:48
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• 22:50
  Speaker 2: Yeah, on social media, I am at IkeJonesMedia. That is
• 22:54
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• 22:57
  Speaker 2: We are at TheWarReport. TheWarReport.com is the website. But it's
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: the AuburnExpressTV.com. on YouTube and on podcasts. You can listen
• 23:05
  Speaker 2: to all the stuff that we got going on. So
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: much great coverage of the Auburn Tigers there.
• 23:09
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• 23:11
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• 23:14
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